[American Red Cross ambulance] – Vintage Wall Art
![[American Red Cross ambulance], [between 1910 and 1935] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ab/abf792142659-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [American Red Cross ambulance], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[American Red Cross ambulance]
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A Red Cross ambulance, marked with the organization's emblem, makes this picture distinct from the street and building views around it. The American Red Cross, founded in 1881, expanded its emergency and relief services in the early twentieth century, when motor vehicles were replacing horse-drawn wagons. The National Photo Company, which worked largely in Washington, D.C., recorded such scenes on glass negatives, and Herbert A. French donated this one to the Library of Congress in 1947. Faint streaks and blemishes on the negative come from the gradual breakdown of its original coatings.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1935] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Date from negatives in same range. Copy. Two 8x6 prints found and removed from envelope. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven." |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,438 × 5,183 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-260430 |
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